LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) -
Members
of First Baptist Church of Lufkin spent four weekends constructing a home for a
family in need.
Wednesday the floor, sub-floor
and wall of the home sat in piles in the church's parking lot.
Ready
to be shipped to the Rio Grande Valley the 940- square foot home is being made
for a family of five that is currently living a travel trailer.
Organizers
say they constructed part of the home here to give their members the opportunity
to lend a helping hand.
"We're trying to
fulfill our mission as Christians and that we're supposed to be servants and
that we're supposed to be servant and that's what we're serving this family in
a way that they really need," said David Sanders, First Baptist Church of
Lufkin.
Volunteers are loading up Wednesday night will
leave at noon Thursday.
30 church members will
volunteer throughout the week, they will begin construction Friday morning.
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